Publications by authors named "A I Dewitt"

Large language models (LLMs) hold promise to serve complex health information needs but also have the potential to introduce harm and exacerbate health disparities. Reliably evaluating equity-related model failures is a critical step toward developing systems that promote health equity. We present resources and methodologies for surfacing biases with potential to precipitate equity-related harms in long-form, LLM-generated answers to medical questions and conduct a large-scale empirical case study with the Med-PaLM 2 LLM.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic that requires close therapeutic monitoring. Prolonged exposure to elevated concentrations increases risk for serious adverse effects such as nephrotoxicity. However, subtherapeutic concentrations may lead to bacterial resistance and clinical failure or death.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Patients with lymphatic disorders are remarkably complex and require a wide variety of medical and surgical services. Establishing a multidisciplinary program improves the efficiency of the patients' hospital experience minimizing the compartmentalization of their care. Offering a clear intake process guarantees that patients will be seen promptly by all the required teams.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • Lymphatic problems during serious illnesses can make other body organs stop working properly, especially your lungs and blood circulation.
  • Illnesses and their treatments can create new lymphatic issues, especially in people with heart and lung diseases.
  • Taking care of these patients requires a team of experts from different medical fields working together.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Parents of children in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) are often unprepared for family meetings (FM). Clinicians often do not follow best practices for communicating with families, adding to distress. An interprofessional team intervention for FM is feasible, acceptable, and positively impacts family preparation and conduct of FM in the CICU.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF